May 2024

Mary Bones has called the Big Bend region home for more than 30 years, having been a part of community organizations focused on the abundance of flora, fauna, and history that the Big Bend has to offer. And it was flora that led her to her last, and perhaps best-known achievement as Director of the Museum of the Big Bend (MoBB) from which she just retired after six years at the helm.

The Alpine City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 7. This meeting marked the ending of the current familiar council, as council members Judy Stokes of Ward 1, Chris Rodriguez of Ward 2, and Martin Sandate of Ward 4 said farewell due to their terms coming to a close.

The Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame was founded in 1975 by PRCA bull rider Johnny Boren. Its role is to preserve the history and heritage of the Texas rodeo cowboy all while promoting Texas rodeo and its future as well as rodeo outside the state.

Last weekend the Lady Bucks and the Brownfi eld Cubs met on neutral ground in Wink for this season’s bi-district championship. Earlier in the week the Lady Bucks had been awarded the district championship with their great success against the Kermit Yellow Jackets 14-4.

The Alpine Middle School baseball teams hit the road last week to Presidio, with the seventh graders taking on Fort Davis and the eighth graders taking on Presidio. Both teams were able to bring home the win.

After a challenging season, the Alpine Bucks are headed to Andrews this weekend to take on the Denver City Mustangs. The Bucks will play their first game on Friday and their second on Saturday, with a third game scheduled a half hour after their second game on Saturday if needed.

The Rio Grande There was a time of joyful people who came and went from both sides. They crossed the Rio as they pleased, no longer, now the Rio cries.

The week of Monday, May 4 is Teacher Appreciation Week. After a year of political scheming in Austin that held funding hostage for long-overdue teacher pay raises in a failed effort to push through voucher schemes, there has never been a more important time for local communities to show their teachers how much they are appreciated.

“If you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes. It will change.” — Attributed to both Will Rogers and Mark Twain, depending on what you read.

In the early morning hours of April 26, Bennye Sims Meredith, 93, quietly and peacefully walked into the waiting arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She did not waste one minute worrying about the future or what would happen next, she knew.